@ mwenza. now its let history do the talking. walcott has been having a dip in form recently which happens to any footballer.even kaka who was red hot just 2 years ago has had a serious dip in form recently but that does not mean he is a poor footballer.form is temporary but class is permanent. we shall just wait and see.

Amen to that. Kazi iendelee.... Fingers crossed Fab4's hamstring is not too bad. I think we can do without him with Porto, if the boys show up for the game. Lakini we need him back at Hull. Hopefully Walcott continues from where he left off in the 2nd half of Burnley. He was just unplayable. However Bendtner's radar was a bit bent na kilakitu but we dint pay for it.....

@anasazi,
The absence of Fab need not scare.....Gunners have a collection of super utility midfield players.Beauty is,all of them are in good shape.Indeed,Nasri is upping his game.

Walcott responding to Chris Waddles comments:

Chris Waddle? I heard what he said, but I don't listen to people on the outside of football. I listen to those around me - the boss, Mr Capello and my family. Maybe if I keep performing like that it will shut people up.

As I said earlier, the young man has been out injured for a long time. A run of games and we'll see more such goals.

Meanwhile (maybe just me) I just noticed that far too many soccer fans in Kenya seem to behave more like the English football press.

@Mcreggae,
Wishful thinking.....Gunners have no injury worries.If i were you i would be saying a prayer for Rooney and Brown...lol...and of course another prayer for the return of Gattuso.

@ Njunge...........Eti a 19yr old? Surely what aseno need now is a world class striker and defender, not another kid.

Wes Brown? No loss at all even if he is injured for a whole season. And for the record, Owen Hargreaves has resumed training and turns up for the reserves this thursday.......Before he is unleashed to other title pretenders at this critical time of the league.

Consistency is the word.............

Tottenham legend Chris Waddle stands by his criticism of Arsenal winger Theo Walcott.

Waddle sparked huge debate last week when declaring Walcott "doesn't have a football brain".

In his column for the Daily Mail, Waddle maintained his stand: "I have watched Walcott for a number of years and there are no doubts he has strengths to his game. Well, he has one strength in particular: his terrific pace.

"But why does he not use it more? Why does he not get more of the ball? You can only look at his movement and conclude it is not good enough.

"He proved he can cross and deliver a ball against Burnley at the weekend. But why does he not do that consistently? I stand by my assessment that he doesn't yet have a football brain.

"People keep telling me he is only young and he is still developing, but he is learning the game under one of the best teachers in the world in Arsene Wenger. Why are we not seeing that all important consistency in his game yet?

"Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and James Milner are still young, but they are all classed as intelligent footballers and have been that way from a very young age."

@ mwenza let me enjoy my football.arguing with you is like hitting my head repeatedly against the wall.

Njunge, yu sure you got no injury problems????.....with Fabregas, RVP and Gallas out.....huh!!!!!
Check this!!!!!

"Any Arsenal fans expecting their heroes to swat aside Porto this evening and reach the Champions League quarter-finals with something to spare would do well to listen to Arsène Wenger.

The Arsenal manager claimed yesterday that a victory for his side would be amazing and historic, words of warning that placed the challenge of overturning Porto’s 2-1 lead into perspective.

Wenger is not a man given to hyperbole — dry understatement is more to his taste — and his fears are rooted in fact. Arsenal have never overhauled a first-leg deficit in the Champions League, with the only occasion on which they have staged a second-leg comeback in any European competition coming in a Uefa Cup second-round tie against Hajduk Split in 1978.

They must also attempt to make history without the spine of their side, because William Gallas (calf), Cesc Fàbregas (hamstring) and Robin van Persie (ankle) are out injured. No wonder Wenger is counselling caution."

.......gooners, dont say you were not warned!!!!!!

It could be said that history has been made perhaps?

Should have been 6 - Arshavin missed a sitter (saving it for Hull).

Now for Hull.